The history of the Negro Baseball league is sometimes trumped by its culmination in the form of Jackie Robinson. This book starts from the beginning of the league, providing quotes and commentary from players during the time to tell the story of the hardships of playing "America's sport" in a time when America was very much divided. Using powerful images to reinforce the emotions and situations of the time, this book reveals details of a very strained period in history through the love of baseball.
Nelson, K. (2008). We are the ship. NY: Hyperion.
- Evaluation Criteria
- Organization
- This informational book is organized in “innings,” which both works chronologically for the information, but it also provides an extensive index if the reader is using the text more like an encyclopedia and simple wants to find information about one person or one event. Along with the main chapter titles, or “innings,” each chapter has a subtitle that briefly explains the type of information that is going to be included in that chapter. These “reference aides” let the reader both go in order of chapters, as well as jump around. Overall the organization “help[s] the reader to pick and choose what she or he needs;” in addition, there is a “clear sequence to the information” about the negro baseball league that will guide the reader through the book.
No comments:
Post a Comment